Another addition, I checked syslog.CRASH and it says:
Thu Oct  3 23:40:52 :: Signal trapping.
Thu Oct  3 23:40:52 :: Enter game loop.
apparently the 'entering game loop' made the mud crash when i hit 't' enter,
any ideas yet?
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